US EditionThe Witcher 4 in Unreal Engine 5 Looks Stunning: Here Are some Takeaways From the Tech Demo
- CD Projekt Red revealed a tech demo for The Witcher 4 on June 3, 2025, showcasing the game running on Unreal Engine 5 on a base PlayStation 5.
- This demo, set in the northern kingdom of Kovir, follows protagonist Ciri and her horse Kelpie and aims to highlight CDPR’s collaboration with Epic Games on engine optimization.
- The demo features dense foliage, bustling towns with interactive NPCs, advanced animation frameworks, Fast Geometry Streaming, and Mass AI crowd scaling to enhance immersion without performance loss.
- CDPR stated the demo is not actual gameplay but runs at 60 fps with ray tracing enabled, and they emphasized optimization on standard PlayStation 5 hardware to demonstrate Unreal Engine 5’s capabilities.
- This collaboration and technology showcase suggests The Witcher 4 will offer an immersive open-world RPG experience and may influence other studios to adopt Unreal Engine 5 for future projects.
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The Witcher 4 in Unreal Engine 5 looks stunning: Here are some takeaways from the tech demo
Running on the latest version of Unreal Engine 5 on the PlayStation 5 at 60 fps, The Witcher 4 tech demo will take place in the never seen before region of Kovir and follows Ciri, the main protagonist in the upcoming title.
News from HD Technology. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. During the State of Unreal event, CD Projekt RED presented an incredible technical demo from The Witcher 4, developed with Unreal Engine 5.6. The video, starring Ciri in the Kovir region, left many with an open mouth thanks to its performance of 60 FPS on PlayStation 5 and a visual level that touched on the film. However, the excitement lasted little, as the studio quickly…
For Unreal Fest 2025 there were now first insights into the technique behind CD project Red's newest game: The Witcher 4. MeinMMO editor Sophia Weiß feels almost at home again. The Witcher 3 was the first game that I played on my own PS4 in 2016. Overall, it has become about 180 to 200 hours of play, after I had already pulled 90% of Gronkh's Let-Play in advance. Gerald and his friends are dear to me accordingly. In addition, Velen and especiall…
Things We Noticed In The Witcher 4 Tech Demo
CD Projekt Red has released the Witcher 4 tech demo. The demo is running on Unreal Engine 5 and looks stunning. Graphics aside, there are many takeaways from the trailer. Here are some things that stand out in the tech demo. Also, read – Street Fighter 6 Reveals New Costumes in Upcoming DLC Witcher 4 Tech Demo Key Takeaways Ciri appears as the primary protagonist for the first time. She is a witcher who has gained experience riding the snowy pea…
The Epic Games took advantage of the event State of Unreal to share a new technical demonstration of its Unreal Engine 5 engine and used the ‘The Witcher 4’ next game of CD Project RED, also responsible for ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ - to demonstrate the level of realism of graphics. As the VGC site accounts, ‘demo’ used the Unreal Engine 5.6 site to show the protagonist of the game Ciri, exploring the landscapes and cities filled with other characters. J…
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